USS Independence (LCS-2) will be decommissioned on July 31, while the Freedom (LCS-1) will join the reserve fleet at the end of September, Navy spokeswoman Commander Nicole Schwegman confirmed to the US Naval Institute (USNI) on Monday. The follow-on ships in both classes, Fort Worth and Coronado, are likewise supposed to …
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